My question is not whether or not to tip the crew, my question is should crew who are owners get the same level of tip as hired crew? My contention is "no" since they are making a healthy salary for the week already as owners of the yacht. There comes a point where pre-defining an appropriate tip based charter rates that you set yourself, as owner/operators, seems a little sketchy. If you want 16-17k for a weeklong charter, set your prices at 16 or 17K, not 14 and advise that a 15-20% tip is expected. I am not subsidizing a low wage earners income rather increasing profitability and lowering tax burden for a business owner and that is where I have issue. I think $200 per day per crew member sounds more like a salary than a tip and I am already paying for that service in the high price of an AI charter.

Oh well, no clear cut answer I guess.....